[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 37, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 37CFR258.3]

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              TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
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PART 258--ADJUSTMENT OF ROYALTY FEE FOR SECONDARY TRANSMISSIONS BY SATELLITE 
CARRIERS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 258.3  Royalty fee for secondary transmission of broadcast stations by 
satellite carriers.

    (a) Commencing May 1, 1992, the royalty rate for the secondary 
transmission of broadcast stations for private home viewing by satellite 
carriers shall be as follows:
    (1) 17.5 cents per subscriber per month for superstations.
    (2) 14 cents per subscriber per month for superstations whose 
signals are syndex-proof, as defined in Sec. 258.2.
    (3) 6 cents per subscriber per month for network stations and 
noncommercial educational stations.
    (b) Commencing January 1, 1998, the royalty fee for secondary 
transmission of broadcast stations for private home viewing by satellite 
carriers shall be as follows:
    (1) 27 cents per subscriber per month for distant superstations.
    (2) 27 cents per subscriber per month for distant network stations.
    (3) No royalty rate (zero) for a superstation secondarily 
transmitted within the station's local market, as defined in 17 U.S.C. 
119(d)(11).
    (4) No royalty rate (zero) for a network station secondarily 
transmitted within the station's local market, as defined in 17 U.S.C. 
119(d)(11), to subscribers residing in unserved households, as defined 
in 17 U.S.C. 119(d)(10).
    (c) Commencing July 1, 1999, the royalty rate for secondary 
transmission of broadcast stations for private home viewing by satellite 
carriers shall be as follows:
    (1) 18.9 cents per subscriber per month for distant superstations.
    (2) 14.85 cents per subscriber per month for distant network 
stations.
    (3) 14.85 cents per subscriber per month for the Public Broadcasting 
Service satellite feed.

[62 FR 55759, Oct. 28, 1997, as amended at 64 FR 71660, Dec. 22, 1999]

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